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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Charlie and Thomas sleep at their new assignment?
(a) Standing up.
(b) In foxholes.
(c) In small bunkers.
(d) In barrels cut in half.

2. Where is the company ordered on the third day?
(a) To stay in the trenches.
(b) On the firesteps.
(c) To move forward to meet the Germans.
(d) To fall back to a new line of trenches.

3. Who else suffers as a result of Charlie's refusal?
(a) The entire regiment.
(b) Molly since Charlie never gets leave.
(c) No one.
(d) Charlie's squad.

4. What happens when Charlie and Thomas get to France?
(a) They are both sent to work in the kitchens.
(b) They are given non-combat assignments.
(c) They have to face the truth of the war.
(d) They are split up.

5. What does Thomas do when he gets to a trench further back from the front lines?
(a) Shakes uncontrollably.
(b) Falls unconscious.
(c) Retches.
(d) Cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Thomas, Charlie, Hanley, and a dozen or so other men?

2. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?

3. How does the Colonel threaten Thomas' family?

4. What is the outcome of the trial?

5. What are Charlie and Thomas glad to leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Thomas is writing a letter home and how does Thomas respond?

2. How do the men feel about Hanley's order, who voices that opinion, and what does Hanley say?

3. Describe the fighting that occurs after the bombardment stops.

4. How does Thomas react to Molly's being married to Charlie?

5. What does the Colonel demand and how does he threaten Charlie's family?

6. How do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the regiment feel about the war during training?

7. What news does Molly announce and how does Charlie respond?

8. How does Thomas experience some of the gas and what happens when a German soldier sees Thomas?

9. What does Thomas do on his one day of leave and why does that leave him feeling empty inside?

10. Who is in the bunker and what does Sergeant Hanley order his men to do?

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